Ladder 3 lost 12 firefighters in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The firehouse lost six firefighters on Sept. 11, 2001, according to officials.

The Fire Department usually loses no more than 500 firefighters a year to retirement.

"But there is also the sense that we have lost 10 firefighters in the last two years, and that's a lot."

No such plan is in the works, not now anyway, for the Fire Department, which lost 343 firefighters on Sept. 11.

In 1971, this Nation lost more than 12,000 citizens and 250 firefighters to fire.

We have lost 19 firefighters from our house.

The Fire Department usually loses no more than 500 firefighters a year because of retirement, officials said.

Before Sept. 11, the entire nation had seldom lost more than 100 firefighters in a year.

The Fire Department lost 341 firefighters, officers and a deputy commissioner.